The Sign of Silence in the Prison Poetry in the Abbasid Era until the End of the Fourth Century AH. "A Semiotic Stylistic Study in Selected Cases"

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the efficacy of silence speech in poetic texts, specifically in the discourse of prison poetry during the Abbasid era, and its role in effectively conveying the poets' messages. We can say that this research tries to present a semiotic stylistic analysis of silence speech and its morphological indicators, utilizing selected case studies from prison poetry in the Abbasid era until the end of the fourth century AH, which represents a period rich in manifestations of silence stemming from emotions such as sadness, frustration, and despair, as well as the magnitude of suffering and persecution.

      The findings demonstrated that silence is an influential means for conveying the message wanted by prison poets in the 4^th century, as well as its efficiency for conveying unwritten, facilitated through implicit linguistic signs and their associated meanings and semantics. The results also highlighted the significant role of silence speech in both affective and semantic dimensions, contributing prominently to the construction and coherence of the poetic text.